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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



a penalty of one thousand guilders, 

 to be levied under the regulation 

 "stipulated by Art. IV. That nQue 

 of the men on board such vessel 

 shall he permitted to go on shoi-e, but 

 under the care of the military com- 

 manders appointed for that purpose. 

 That in case the situation in which 

 such ves"^el may be found renders 

 the immediate departure practicable, 

 and wind and weather permitting, 

 the master .shall be ordered and 

 obliged to comply therewith. • That 

 the Vessel beins in want of repairs, 

 and it being necessary to land the 

 whole or part of the cargo, the 

 same shall be housed and kept in 

 the custody ot the officers of the 

 customs of this republic, and shall 

 be afterwards re-shipped, without 

 that any part of the same may be 

 kept back and remain in the coun- 

 try. That the vessel not being able 

 to proceed on her intended voyage, 

 after sufficient proofs have been 

 given to this effect, and a licence has 

 been obtained from the commissary 

 for the afiairs of the customs, the 

 goods will be permitted to be ex- 

 ported in another vessel, and be re- 

 shipped on board the same under 

 the same precautions as would have 

 been observed in case of re-shipment 

 onboard the original vessel, under 

 this proviso, however, that the ves- 

 sel, on board of which such goods 

 may be shipped, shall not be allowed 

 to load any other goods, without a 

 special licence previously obtained 

 for that purpose. That, with re- 

 gard to goods which might be found 

 damaged to such a degree that the 

 same could not be re-exported, 

 without incurring the risk of a total 

 loss, a permission will be granted to 

 sell the same, according to the exi- 

 gencies of the case, and under such 

 precautions as will be prescribed by 



the board of customs. That all 

 goods found on board such vessel, 

 of which no documents are to be 

 found, establishing the neutrality of 

 the same, will be considered as the 

 property of inhabitants of Great 

 Britain, and be confiscated as such, 

 without any claims of reclamation 

 being admitted ; and this until such 

 tirac as Avhcn the ru'3, free ship, free 

 merchandize, will be admitted by the 

 government of Great Britain. — Art. 

 VI. That the masters of vessels si- 

 tuated as in the foregoing articles, 

 as well as of those arriving in bal- 

 last, who may have received any 

 letter or letters or packets on board, 

 in any port or ports of Great Bri- 

 tain, or at sea, from any English 

 ship or vessel, or any other coming 

 from the saiii ports, shall be obliged 

 to deliver Ibe same, on their arrival, 

 to the military officer, authorised 

 for that purpose, in (he diti'erent 

 roadsteads and harbours of this re- 

 public, under a penalty of one thou. 

 sand guilders, if they have acted 

 contrary thereto, and should be 

 convicted thereof, either immediate- 

 ly or at any time thereafter, during 

 the vessel's stay in this republic. — 

 Art. VI l. That, with alteration of 

 the 106th and 112th articles of the 

 general placart, on levying the cus- 

 toms of the JlsL of July, 172.5, 

 during the present war with the em- 

 pire of Great Britain, all vessels, 

 from whatever port or place the 

 same may come, besides the general 

 declaration or other acts required 

 in the said articles, shall be bound 

 to deliver at the first office of cus- 

 toms all public acts or documents, 

 and ship's-papers, together with the 

 bills of lading or charter-parties of 

 their cargoes on board, or at least 

 attested copies of the same, without 

 any of the same being withheld, 



which 



